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In Chap. 2 we used the motion of a single particle to discuss a wide range of topics including force versus moment equations, potential energy, work-energy concepts, constraint forces, generalized coordinates, Lagrange’s equations, and others. In this chapter we consider those topics and others for the case where a system of multiple, interacting particles is moving under the action of a set of forces.
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Schmerr, L.W. (2019). Dynamics of a System of Particles. In: Engineering Dynamics 2.0. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 254. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98470-4_3
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